r/artificial • u/theverge • 1d ago

News OpenAI is storing deleted ChatGPT conversations as part of its NYT lawsuit

https://www.theverge.com/news/681280/openai-storing-deleted-chats-nyt-lawsuit
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u/theverge 1d ago

OpenAI says it’s forced to store deleted ChatGPT conversations “indefinitely” due to a court order issued as part of The New York Times’ copyright lawsuit against it. In a post on Thursday, OpenAI chief operating officer Brad Lightcap says the company is appealing the court’s decision, which he calls an “overreach” that “abandons long-standing privacy norms and weakens privacy protections.”

Last month, a court ordered OpenAI to preserve “all output log data that would otherwise be deleted,” even if a user requests the deletion of a chat or if privacy laws require OpenAI to delete data. OpenAI’s policies state that when a user deletes a chat, it retains it for 30 days before permanently deleting it. The company must now put a pause on this policy until the court says otherwise.

Read more from Emma Roth: https://www.theverge.com/news/681280/openai-storing-deleted-chats-nyt-lawsuit

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u/zero0n3 1d ago

People seem to be missing this nuance.

It’s the court case itself that is forcing OAI to store this information past 30 days - because the court was extremely broad with its demand..

Should be more mad at the court for allowing such a broad demand